Pietro Pirani

Assistant Professor, Italian

Ph.D. University of Western OntarioOffice: AHB 3G28MExtension: 86039Email: ppirani2@uwo.ca

Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2:30-3:30pm

Areas of Interest

Italian political culture

Italian politics

Professional Appointments

2001-present The University of Western Ontario

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

“ITA1030: Italian for Beginners”

“ITA2250: Intermediate Italian”

Presentations

“The Way We Were’: Continuity and Change in Italian Political Culture”. Paper presented at the Political Studies Annual Conference, Swansea, UK, April 2008.

“The Way We Were’: Continuity and Change in Italian Political Culture”. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for Italian Studies Annual Conference, Trieste, Italy, July 2007.

“Political Elites and Strategies of Action: A Re-examination of Cultural Influence in Strategic Studies”. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, London, Ontario, June 2005.

“Security Policy in France, Germany and Italy: The Search for a New Identity”. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 2005.

“From Economic Sanctions to Military Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia: A Comparison of Domestic Impact on Foreign Policy-Making in Germany and Italy”. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2004.